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He served Yogananda and his organization Self-Realization Fellowship until his death. There are five recorded talks by Oliver Black. [29] [30] Rajarsi Janakananda, 1932, Kansas. Rajarsi Janakananda, born James Jesse Lynn on 5 May 1892, was the leading disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and a prominent businessman in the Kansas City, Missouri area.
The book describes Yogananda's childhood family life, his search for his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, [9] the establishment of his first school, Yogoda Satsanga Brahmacharya Vidyalaya, [10] and his journey to America where he lectured to thousands, [11] established Self-Realization Fellowship [12] and visited Luther Burbank, [13] a renowned ...
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha (born 13 May 1933) Swami Chidbhavananda (11 March 1898 – 16 November 1985) Swami Janakananda (born 13 June 1939) Swami Keshwanand Satyarthi (born 5 September 1943) (Paramhans Satyarthi Mission, Advait Mat) Swami Nithyananda (born 1 January 1978 or 13 March 1977) Swami Prakashanand Saraswati (born 15 January 1929 – )
Swami Yogananda (Bengali: স্বামী যোগানন্দ, romanized: Sbāmī Yōgānanda) was a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahansa, the 19th-century mystic. He took his formal initiation from Sarada Devi , the "holy mother" of Ramakrishna paramhansa Order and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna.
In July 1915, several weeks after graduating from college, he took formal vows into the monastic Swami order; Sri Yukteswar allowed him to choose his own name: Swami Yogananda Giri. [3] In 1917, Yogananda founded a school for boys in Dihika, West Bengal that combined modern educational techniques with yoga training and spiritual ideals.
[21] [22] Yogananda wrote that at that meeting, Mahavatar Babaji told Lahiri Mahasaya, "The Kriya Yoga that I am giving to the world through you in this nineteenth century, is a revival of the same science that Krishna gave millenniums ago to Arjuna; and was later known to Patanjali, and Christ, and to St. John, St. Paul, and other disciples ...
Lahiri Mahasaya was born to Bengali Brahmin parents Gourmohan and Muktakeshi Lahiri on 30 September 1828, in village Ghurni, Dist. Nadia, West Bengal, India, according to Yogananda. [4] In 1832, a flood killed his mother and destroyed their home, after which his family moved to Varanasi , where he received education in philosophy, Sanskrit, and ...
Paramahansa Yogananda, Founder Headquarters of SRF at Mt. Washington at 3880 San Rafael Ave., Los Angeles, CA. Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) is a worldwide religious organization founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda, the Indian guru who authored Autobiography of a Yogi.